Bonanza: Season 11
Season 11 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Bonanza Season 10.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 11 Progress Shield
Another Windmill to Go
Sep 14, 1969 · 49 min
An Englishman with a passion for challenging ridiculous laws shows up on the Ponderosa grazing in a land-rowing boat mounted on a wagon.
The Witness
Sep 21, 1969 · 49 min
A young woman, Jenny Winters who is prone to telling tall tales, claims she witnessed the Logan gang holding up a stagecoach. The Cartwrights hide her at the Ponderosa, but that i
The Silence at Stillwater
Sep 28, 1969 · 49 min
A young boy positively identifies Candy as the man wanted in Stillwater for robbery, arson and murder.
A Lawman's Lot Is Not a Happy One
Oct 5, 1969 · 49 min
When he is called to testify in an out-of-town lumber shark case, Roy recruits Hoss to temporarily serve as sheriff. Hoss quickly finds his hands full dealing with a reluctant groo
Anatomy of a Lynching
Oct 12, 1969 · 49 min
Will Griner is acquitted of murder which upsets the folks of Virginia City. They feel Griner silenced witnesses and are ready to lynch him. Ben works to reopen the case by findin
To Stop a War
Oct 19, 1969 · 49 min
Dan Logan, a former army scout and lawman who works for the Cartwrights, has his hands full with rustlers, a range war, and a one-time prostitute whose devotion is questionable.
The Medal
Oct 26, 1969 · 49 min
Ben lends a hand to a down and out war veteran, Matthew Rush, who received the Congressional Medal Of Honor.
The Stalker
Nov 2, 1969 · 49 min
Candy helps the widow of a man he shot and killed in self defense, unaware she is plotting revenge against him.
Meena
Nov 16, 1969 · 49 min
Little Joe and Candy defend Meena Calhoun and her crusty father, Luke, from horse rustlers. In the process, Joe helps Meena become assertive and stick up for herself.
A Darker Shadow
Nov 23, 1969 · 49 min
A Virginia City store clerk decides to take advantage of his co-worker's paralyzing sensitivity to bright light.
Dead Wrong
Dec 7, 1969 · 49 min
While in Sunville on business for the Ponderosa, the town's storyteller, Salty - who has a talent for grossly exaggerating his tales - identifies Hoss and Candy as outlaws Big Jack
Old Friends
Dec 14, 1969 · 49 min
Ben is sorry to learn that two of his oldest friends are on opposite sides of the law, after 27 years. Charlie Shepard once worked a mining claim with Ben, along with Jess Waddell
Abner Willoughby's Return
Dec 21, 1969 · 49 min
Joe agrees to help the man who tried to steal his horse, Abner Willoughby, who has returned to claim the box of gold he hid years ago, before going to sea.
It's a Small World
Jan 4, 1970 · 49 min
A prejudiced Virginia City banker spurns Ben's recommendation of a recent widower (with an infant daughter to raise) for a bank teller's job because he's a midget. The midget, a fo
Danger Road
Jan 11, 1970 · 49 min
Ben needs to haul three beams that are 30 feet long and the Cambeau Freight Company will not do it. A new, independent freight hauler may be the answer. However, when Ben meets G
The Big Jackpot
Jan 18, 1970 · 49 min
Candy has inherited a fortune from an Indian he helped. He quits his job on the Ponderosa and becomes a vice president for a land promotor who is selling beautiful, fertile land.
The Trouble with Amy
Jan 25, 1970 · 49 min
Ben comes to the aid of Amy Wilder, an eccentric animal lover whose mental competency is questioned when a neighbor declares an interest in her land for mining. The neighbor asks t
The Lady and the Mark
Feb 1, 1970 · 49 min
A new wealthy Ponderosa employee with a weakness for women becomes the target of con artists.
Is There Any Man Here
Feb 8, 1970 · 49 min
When the daughter of a friend declares her love for him, Ben agonizes over what to do.
The Law and Billy Burgess
Feb 15, 1970 · 49 min
Ben seriously doubts an angry young man committed several murders to which he has confessed to.
Long Way to Ogden
Feb 22, 1970 · 49 min
Ben gambles the future of the Ponderosa when a convincing meat packer from Chicago, sets out to ruin the local cattle industry.
Return Engagement
Mar 1, 1970 · 49 min
En route to San Francisco, actress Lotta Crabtree arrives in Virginia City for a special performance. Hoss is smitten by the beautiful actress, which makes her leading man jealous.
The Gold Mine
Mar 8, 1970 · 49 min
Two drifters come to the Ponderosa and they try to rob the Cartwrights but are driven away. Joe becomes close to the young Mexican, Ramon, who is with them. After they get into a l
Decision at Los Robles
Mar 22, 1970 · 49 min
Ben and Joe stop in Los Robles for a couple of beers and a night's rest. Ben sees the town boss, John Walker, bullying the saloon waitress, and he comes to her defense. When Ben
Caution, Easter Bunny Crossing
Mar 29, 1970 · 49 min
""Here comes Hoss Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail... "" That's what the folks of Virginia City were probably thinking when a Quaker woman talks a reluctant Hoss into dress
The Horse Traders
Apr 5, 1970 · 49 min
In this second episode to feature Meena Calhoun and her father, Hoss and Joe's plans to sell horses from the livery stables in town is thwarted. Virgil and his two brothers also g
What Are Pardners For?
Apr 12, 1970 · 49 min
Hoss meets two men. He forms a rapport with them and they tell him that they plan to rob the bank in the town they are going to. Hoss tries to stop them but he fails. Hoss decides
A Matter of Circumstance
Apr 19, 1970 · 49 min
Little Joe stays back at the Ponderosa to tend to its operation as Ben, Hoss, Candy and Hop Sing leave for a cattle drive, who leave as a severe thunderstorm approaches. Joe goes t